What Rope Dodder supports

26 native animals
supported in the US

1 caterpillars 1 bees 1 hosts 1 food 22 flowers

Caterpillars All

1 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.

Brown Elfin Callophrys augustinus on dodders

Specialist bees All

1 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Colletes ciliatus Pollen specialist on Cuscuta on dodders

Hosted animals All

1 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.

Dodder Gall Weevil Smicronyx sculpticollis on dodders

Plant eaters All

1 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.

Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus on dodders

Flower visitors All

22 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.